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  • Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

    Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 485 ratings
    Just when Nevada Baylor has finally come to accept the depths of her magical powers, she also realizes she’s fallen in love. Connor “Mad” Rogan is in many ways her equal when it comes to magic, but she’s completely out of her elements when it comes to her feelings for him. To make matters more complicated, an old flame comes back into Rogan’s life…...
  • White Hot by Ilona Andrews

    White Hot by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 533 ratings
    The Hidden Legacy series by #1. New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews continues as Nevada and Rogan navigate a world where magic is the norm…and their relationship burns hot. Nevada Baylor has a unique and secret skill—she knows when people are lying—and she's used that magic (along with plain, hard work) to keep her colorful and close-knit family's detective agency afloat...
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  • Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

    Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 258 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews comes an enthralling new trilogy set in the Hidden Legacy world, where magic means power, and family bloodlines are the new currency of society…. In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, and the Head of her House...
  • Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Goblins and ghouls and magic, oh my! Hang tight to your britches, this laugh out loud adventure is about to light you up! Ousted from the Hollows Group, the shadow world has officially taken notice of me. With loan sharks sniffing around and knocking on my door, I need to figure out how my ex-husband pushed all his debt onto me, because it stinks of black magic and back alley dealings...
  • Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 88 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison's most complex and nuanced adventure yet, bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan fights a deadly battle - mind, body, and soul. Black Magic Sanction. Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter - and lived to tell the tale...
  • Freaky Crypts by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Crypts by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    Poet Parker thought her past was lost to her…but it’s about to invade her present. Her uncle Sidney is in New Orleans, which just happens to be where Mystic Caravan is setting up shop for the week, but Poet isn’t expecting a happy reunion. Things are tense—to say the least—and that’s before zombies are reported in the French Quarter...
  • The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 78 ratings
    As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three? ” was never among them. Until now...
  • Dial W For Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Dial W For Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Happy Holidays Players—a renowned acting troupe—is coming to town and Hemlock Cove is bursting with excited residents who want parts in the winter festival. That includes the three Winchester matriarchs, who are vying with one another for top billing. Bay Winchester doesn’t care about the pageant, but she’s more than happy to sit back and watch the shenanigans...
  • Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones

    Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 71 ratings
    A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, missing people, errant wives, philandering business owners, and oh yeah. .. demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead...
  • The Blast from the Past by Lucy Score

    The Blast from the Past by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 62 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Left Behind. Riley Thorn and her hot, tattooed, private investigator boyfriend Nick Santiago are all moved in to their new fixer-upper. Not only do they finally have their own place, they also haven't found any new dead bodies on the premises. Yep. It looks like summer is over and so is Riley's bad luck...
  • Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Breena is in hot water now with no easy way out. But she has to get to NOLA, save her Gran, avoid the police and figure out which guy is going to get into her never-mind-the-size panties. All in under a week.
  • The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 87 ratings
    In a small village in New York lives Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. So when she is working at a diner and slowly begins to realize she can see dead people, she's more than a little taken aback. Stranger still are the people entering her life. They seem to know things about her. Things they hide with lies and half-truths. Soon, she senses something far darker...
  • Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter

    Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    All Ben Vecchio wanted was a quiet summer before his last semester of university. Was that too much to ask? All Tenzin wanted was a cache of priceless medieval coins that had been missing for several hundred years. And some company. Phrases like “never again” don’t mean much when you’ve been a vampire for several thousand years...
  • Marked for Murder: A Shelby Nichols Mystery Adventure by Colleen Helme

    Marked for Murder: A Shelby Nichols Mystery Adventure by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Trouble follows Shelby Nichols. Why wouldn't it? She works for a mob boss. And the police. A desperate call from a friend in need turns Shelby's life upside down. Someone is out to prove that Shelby is a fake, marking her for murder. How far will they go? As the clock ticks down, she realizes no one is safe, and it's up to her to stop them...
  • Bad Moon by Jodi Taylor

    Bad Moon by Jodi Taylor

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    BOOK 4 IN THE GRIPPING SUPERNATURAL SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. I will send the serpent. I always send the serpent. It's kind of my signature move. Things are not going well for Elizabeth Cage. It all started with the Christmas she can't quite remember. There's blood on her doorstep every morning. Something unpleasant is heading her way...
  • A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number! Midlife's a bumpy journey. The ride is a freaking rollercoaster. The crisis is real. With my life back to normal--normal being a very relative word--one would think I'd catch a break. One would be very wrong...
  • Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King

    Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Listening Length: 9 hours and 6 minutes. It’s been almost a year since a near-fatal gunshot wound left Shelby Nichols with the ability to read minds. In that time she’s faced one problem after another. She’s been shot at, framed for murder, and targeted by a serial killer, just to name a few...
  • Kiss My Ash by Annabel Chase

    Kiss My Ash by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Mia Thorne’s midlife makeover is going better than she ever expected. She has a new job, a new relationship, a new garden—well, never mind the garden. She doesn’t even mind that she’s back to pounding the pavement to generate ad revenue for the local newspaper...
  • The Flame Game by R.J. Blain

    The Flame Game by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found here. Bailey and Quinn are back for one last action-filled adventure! A corrupt police chief is on the loose, and it falls to Bailey and Quinn to put an end to him before he finds some way to weaponize the spreading rabies virus, create yet another batch of potent gorgon dust, and otherwise wreck Bailey’s happily ever after...
  • Deadly Escape by Colleen Helme

    Deadly Escape by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Book 11 in the Shelby Nichols Adventure Series How many times can a person escape death? Shelby Nichols may be one lucky gal, but this time, her luck is about to run out. Working for a mob-boss has danger written all over it, but when an escaped convict with a lust for revenge goes after him, it's up to Shelby and her mind-reading skills to keep Uncle Joey alive...
  • Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Things have been quiet in Hemlock Cove. That means the Winchesters are due to find trouble. This time, the trouble comes in the form of a dead radio doctor who calls himself Dr. Lovelorn and fixes relationships in distress. Unfortunately for the Winchesters, if he can’t help his normal patients, he’s going to help them… whether they want it or not...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Life's a witch. .. and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout. Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
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  • Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Book Five in the smash PWF hit! Breena's misadventures continue in this next installment as she faces her fears about kissing the hot guy, dealing with a powerhouse nemesis, and figuring out why everyone in town is acting . . . like zombies.
  • Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 45 ratings
    As the Chicagoland Vampires series continues, Merit and Ethan find themselves in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where winning may require the ultimate sacrifice. .. A vampire’s grudges don’t stay dead long. .. Merit is one of Chicago's most skilled vampire warriors; these days, she doesn't scare easily...
  • Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 62 ratings
    Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the final installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series! Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She’s been kicked off the earthly plain for eternity – which is the appropriate amount of time to make a person starkraving mad...
  • The Corpse In the Closet by Lucy Score

    The Corpse In the Closet by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 81 ratings
    From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over. Summer is heating up for reluctant psychic Riley Thorn and her handsome private investigator boyfriend, Nick Santiago. First, her disapproving grandmother arrives determined to make Riley take her powers seriously or face the wrath of "the Guild...
  • Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Shelby Nichols isn't your average soccer-mom turned private investigator. She's more on the quirky side with a little wild thrown in. That's because a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head left her with the ability to read minds. This lands her in all kinds of trouble, and this time is no exception. Helping a reporter, Billie Jo, get the low-down on a case is just the tip of the iceberg...
  • Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones

    Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 151 ratings
    If you hang around with dead people, life can get pretty complicated. Take it from Charley Davidson, part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper. Complicated is her middle name. The deceased find her very sparkly. Demons find her irresistible. And one entity in particular wants to seduce her in every way possible...
  • Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Meet Shelby Nichols, mind-reader extraordinaire. A typical day in the life of Shelby Nichols involves cheating husbands, solving the hardest cases for the police, and working for a big time mob-boss, all because of her little secret that she can read minds. It can get complicated, especially considering she has a husband and two kids...
  • Deep In Death by Colleen Helme

    Deep In Death by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Running “errands” for her mob-boss employer, Joey “The Knife” Manetto, often ends with Shelby in trouble, making her cautious about continuing her association with him. Instead, she focuses on a new client who hires Shelby to find her missing mother. What seems like a routine case turns into something more sinister and deadly than she ever imagined...
  • Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter

    Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 54 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Angels of the Dark tale about a winged warrior renowned for his ruthlessness, and the woman who becomes his obsession. .. A tormented past has left Thane with an insatiable need for violence, making him the most dangerous assassin in the skies. He lives by a single code: no mercy...
  • Feel the Fern by Annabel Chase

    Feel the Fern by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Mia Thorne is finally blossoming thanks to a career on the upswing, a serious relationship, and growing friendships in the bucolic riverside town of Newberry. She’s thrilled when Patrick connects her with a client, the owner of a local gym called Burn Notice. She’s less than thrilled, however, when a dead body is discovered on the premises...
  • Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Grim and bear it. Being a grim reaper isn’t easy, but answering to family is even worse. Between argumentative souls, overbearing older brothers and everyday nonsense, Aisling Grimlock has her hands full. When a run-of-the-mill job goes awry, Aisling finds herself in a mess. The soul she was supposed to collect is still amongst the living, and the man who wanted to kill him is dead instead...
  • Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox

    Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    **USA Today bestselling series! **. Southern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity’s new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group’s historic headquarters...
  • Trapped By Revenge by Colleen Helme

    Trapped By Revenge by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    With summer over Shelby is looking forward to having some time to herself while the kids are back in school. A phone call from Uncle Joey ruins her plans, but she manages to take it in stride. After lunch with her friend, she promises to meet with the private investigator who was spying on Uncle Joey, but this simple task turns into a disaster. Not only does she find the P. I...
  • Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Imogen's got some answers about her origins, and a promise from Rafael that he'll help to cure her immortality. But there's a few brand-new problems standing in her way. .. A vicious pack of disenfranchised Alphas are on their way to Backman's shifter school, coming to try and reclaim what they think is rightfully theirs...
  • Don't Be Afraid of the Spark by Lily Harper Hart

    Don't Be Afraid of the Spark by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What happens when Michigan’s most famous ghost hunter can’t see a ghost but her daughter can? Harper Harlow-Monroe is about to find out. When her daughter Poe starts talking about a new ghostly friend nobody else can see, one who brags about hiding from Harper, Whisper Cove’s favorite paranormal investigator is on the case...
  • Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    As a “favor” to Uncle Joey, Shelby must deliver a letter to his associate in Orlando where she has been vacationing with her family. When things go terribly wrong, Shelby finds herself being pursued by a Florida Kingpin for the information he thinks she stole. On her own and in trouble, Uncle Joey sends Ramos to her rescue...
  • Thistle While You Work by Amanda M. Lee

    Thistle While You Work by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Thistle Winchester never thought of herself as responsible, but when Overlook helper Belinda gets a chance to go to a special conference and learn about opening her own business, Thistle volunteers to watch Belinda’s daughter Annie. Thistle was the queen of rotten children so she thinks Annie will be easy...
  • Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Marcus Richmond might be the quiet one in the Winchester witches’ world, but that doesn’t mean he has nothing to say. Between renovations at his stable – and plans for a bright future with a certain feisty witch – Marcus has his hands full...
  • Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire

    Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Now in trade paperback, the eleventh book in the fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans. Love, noun:. 1. An intense feeling of deep affection; may be romantic, filial or platonic. Passion, noun:. 1. A strong or barely controllable emotion. 2...
  • The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

    The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 118 ratings
    A nice, normal life. Is that too much to ask? For Riley Thorn it is. Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she’s diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they’re clairvoyant visions...
  • Lucky Charm by Annabel Chase

    Lucky Charm by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. New witch Emma Hart is at her wit’s end and, this time, it’s not the result of her vampire ghost roommate, her snarky owl, or her feelings for a certain fallen angel. Key members of Spellbound society are acting like children and it’s wreaking havoc on the town’s regulation-happy infrastructure...
  • Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

    Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Angie Fox. Ghost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R (rest and romance) with her boyfriend, Ellis, and a vintage train trip through the Tennessee mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and Verity is determined to enjoy it—without ghostly interference...
  • Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

    Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    What the hex is going on? Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop is about as smooth as shop owner Lucy’s knitting. In other words, lumpy, tangled and prone to disaster. Much like her spell-casting. But things get worse when her cousin and shop assistant Violet shows alarming symptoms of a hex...
  • The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the new Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries. A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone… even a dead someone… must have witnessed the crime. Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it...
  • Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Can a secret runic message lead to murder? There's a lot happening in Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop in Oxford. Witches, vampires, a knowing cat, romance and murder. Join Lucy and her undead knitting club as they solve another crime. There's no violence, sex or bad language, just quirky characters, humor—and murder...
  • Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    **USA TODAY Bestselling Series! **. Southern belle Verity Long is back in business—as a ghost hunter. Now all she has to do is visit the town's creepiest mansion and exorcise a family of vengeful spirits. Piece of cake. After all, ghosts love her and need her. .. that is until she meets the ghosts of Rock Fall mansion...
  • Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 55 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass for anyone who feels like age is just a number! One day I’m married, living in Seattle, and magic isn’t real. The next, I’m divorced and living in the guest room of my ex’s hotter- than-sin cousin’s place in Savannah . . . and talking to an animated skeleton named Robert. I have to admit, Robert isn’t my worst date...
  • How to Rattle an Undead Couple by Hailey Edwards

    How to Rattle an Undead Couple by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Bring on the cakes, balloons, cakes, gifts, cakes, and. .. well. .. cakes. It's time for Grier's baby shower! Grier is ready to smile for the cameras, rip open the presents, and finally taste that lemon chiffon cake, but it's just not meant to be. The Grande Dame is MIA, which turns the big event into an even bigger search party. And that delicious cake? It's going right back in the fridge...
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